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===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences ( | ===Respirator Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippines)=== | ||
*What happens when the powerful help bread so much hate and contempt for an industry, that the industry is shunned when they can help in a world-wide crisis? | |||
*2021 Jun 10: [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/06/10/370-respirators-donated-by-tobacco-industry-rotting-in-doh-warehouse/ 370 respirators donated by tobacco industry rotting in DOH warehouse] | |||
**“This is criminal negligence. These respirators could have saved lives. My district in Cagayan De Oro which has one of the highest cases of Covid in the country badly needs these respirators,” an aghast Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez told the House Committee on Good Government. | |||
**The reason the DOH cited for holding on to the donated respirators is the Joint DOH- Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular 2010-01 signed by then CSC chair now DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III prohibiting government interaction with the tobacco industry which includes receipt of donations. | |||
**The discovery of the rotting respirators surfaced during the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Good Government on reports that the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration received money from anti-tobacco, foreign interest groups led by the Bloomberg Initiative. “It is sad that the DOH prioritized the advocacy of foreigners at the expense of the lives of Filipino people,” Nograles said. | |||
===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippines)=== | |||
*A law from 2010 would have banned several large companies, including the tobacco industry, from procuring Covid-19 vaccinations. 1/2 of those were to be administered to employees and 1/2 to the public. | *A law from 2010 would have banned several large companies, including the tobacco industry, from procuring Covid-19 vaccinations. 1/2 of those were to be administered to employees and 1/2 to the public. | ||
*2021 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers] | *2021 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers] | ||
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